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>  Example: many people have admired my cutting  
> block. It is made of a portion of a sycamore tree. Still has the bark  
> on. Would be too expensive to ship far. Required years of seasoning  
> before being smoothed and fitted with legs.
> 

That is a perfect example of what I was refering to.  (By the bye, it is 
sycamore wood that I am working this morning).  It has a use, come hell or 
high 
water or what may, people use cutting blocks.

Those boutiques with the twig furniture --- the ghastly high prices are in 
part due to the markup.  It is true that shipping a cutting block would run a 
bit, but since you are pocketing some of that markup and the buyer is saving 
the 
rest, the shipping is offset by the direct sale.

A  cutting block is something that a cook, even an aficionado, would gladly 
pay plenty to get a good one.   </HTML>